Different types of changes take place in ecosystems after they experience a disturbance. from june to september 1988, 51
different wildfires started in yellowstone park. by the end of the summer, approximately 794,000 acres of the park were
affected, including about 24 percent of the whitebark pine forest population, many lodgepole pine stands, and a variety of other
plants and animals.
photo by national park service
which type of change was seen in the ecosystems affected by the 1988 fires in yellowstone park?
primary succession